勤俭好似针挑土,浪费犹如浪淘沙勤儉好似針挑土,浪費猶如浪淘沙勤儉好似針挑土,浪費猶如浪淘沙

thrift is like lifting soil with a needle; waste is like waves washing away sand

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Saving is slow and hard, like moving soil on a needle's point, while wasting is quick and easy, like waves sweeping sand away. A warning to be thrifty.

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Simplified: 勤俭好似针挑土,浪费犹如浪淘沙
Traditional (Taiwan): 勤儉好似針挑土,浪費猶如浪淘沙
Pinyin: qínjiǎn hǎosì zhēn tiāo tǔ,làngfèi yóurú làngtáoshā
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄓㄣㄊㄧㄠㄊㄨˇ,ㄌㄤˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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